April 14, 2017
99 minutes
DocumentaryMusic
Chasing Trane
An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music's ability to entertain, inspire and transform.
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Cast
Denzel Washington
(John Coltrane (voice))
Antonia Andrews
(Self - Stepdaughter)
Bill Clinton
(Self - Politician)
Michelle Coltrane
(Self - Stepdaughter)
Oran Coltrane
(Self - Son)
Ravi Coltrane
(Self - Son)
Common
(Self - Musician)
John Densmore
(Self - Musician)
Yasuhiro Fujioka
(Self - Coltrane's Collector)
Osaharu Fukushima
(Self - Nagasaki Gig Assistant (1966))
Benny Golson
(Self - Musician)
Jimmy Heath
(Self - Musician)
Ashley Kahn
(Self - Biographer)
Wynton Marsalis
(Self - Musician)
Lewis Porter
(Self - Musician)
Ben Ratliff
(Self - Music Critic)
Sonny Rollins
(Self - Musician)
Carlos Santana
(Self - Musician)
Wayne Shorter
(Self - Musician)
McCoy Tyner
(Self - Musician)
Kamasi Washington
(Self - Musician)
Cornel West
(Self - Philosopher)
Reggie Workman
(Self - Musician)
Alice Coltrane
(Self - Musician / 2nd Wife (archive footage))
John Coltrane
(Self - Musician (archive footage))
Miles Davis
(Self - Musician (archive footage))
Martin Luther King Jr.
(Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage))
